A complete, restored issue of Judge from 1893-11-25 — all 16 pages of color political cartoons and topical humor, free to page through at comicbooks.com.

On the cover: # Judge Magazine Cover — November 25, 1893 This political cartoon satirizes what the caption labels "the late political avalanche" — likely referring to the economic Panic of 1893, which devastated American finances that year. The caricature depicts an elderly Jewish figure (identifiable by exaggerated period stereotypes: beard, cap, nose) as a street vendor or peddler hawking "Watered Stock" and "Unmarking" schemes — financial fraud products. A well-dressed businessman sits as his customer, examining fraudulent financial documents. The satire blames immigrant or Jewish businessmen for the financial crisis through antisemitic caricature, suggesting they peddled worthless securities that triggered economic collapse. This reflects the era's prevalent scapegoating of Jewish financiers for economic disasters, a harmful stereotype that persisted throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries.

🖼️ Every page has a plain-English note on what you’re looking at — the figures, the references, the point of the satire.

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